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Escalon Charter Academy

Q: Is Escalon Charter Academy a good school?

Escalon Charter Academy ranks 2338 th of 5857 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter, Alternative Grades K-12

2338^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Alternative Schools

Better than 60% of California alternative schools

Summary

Escalon Charter Academy is a K-12 alternative public school in Escalon, California, serving 368 students within its own independent Escalon Charter Academy District.

The school consistently achieves academic results above the state average, with recent proficiency rates of 54% in English and 39% in math, outperforming many nearby alternative schools like Endeavor Alternative and Venture Academy. A standout feature is its exceptionally low chronic absenteeism rate of just 2.2%, far below the state average of 19.4%, which strongly supports student success. The school also operates very efficiently, spending $9,268 per student, which is significantly less than comparable schools while still delivering strong outcomes.

When compared to other local options, including online charters like California Online Public Schools Northern California, Escalon Charter Academy's in-person model shows a notable academic advantage. Its graduation rates have been consistently high, and it serves a student population with a lower rate of economic disadvantage than many surrounding alternative schools. The school's combination of strong, steady academic performance, remarkable student attendance, and efficient use of resources makes it a distinctive and high-performing choice for families in the area.

368

Students ?

24.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

22.6%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1520 Yosemite Ave.
Escalon, CA 95320-1753

(209) 838-3591

District: Escalon Charter Academy District

Racial breakdown:

White:

63.6%

Hispanic:

29.9%

Two or more races:

4.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 69th percentile in 2021 → 70th in 2025

Strengths

✓100% graduate in 4 years — above the California average (87%)

✓Above the California median (60th percentile)

Worth a look

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!Large classes — about 24 students per teacher

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school46%

California avg41%

Elementary school

2,338^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Top 40%▲ up 7 pts since 2019

From top 47% (2019) to top 40% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Middle school

837^th of 2,761

California public middle schools ?

Top 30%▲ up 28 pts since 2019

From bottom 42% (2019) to top 30% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

Elementary school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	54.5	2338 of 5857	60.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	66.9	1733 of 5869	70.5%	★★★★☆
2023	61.9	1959 of 5859	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.4	1719 of 5883	70.8%	★★★★☆
2021	65.6	440 of 1417	68.9%	★★★☆☆
2019	47.7	2725 of 5789	52.9%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	54.0	2247 of 5597	59.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	56.0	2132 of 5612	62.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	58.3	2021 of 5609	64.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	69.3	1553 of 5635	72.4%	★★★★☆
2021	70.1	341 of 1267	73.1%	★★★★☆
2019	51.6	2408 of 5492	56.2%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2023	48.4	2337 of 5087	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	57.5	1816 of 4963	63.4%	★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2021	71.1	230 of 1110	79.3%	★★★★☆
2019	60.3	1764 of 5173	65.9%	★★★☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	43.6	2900 of 5628	48.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	75.4	1265 of 5643	77.6%	★★★★☆
2023	62.4	1839 of 5638	67.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.0	1639 of 5663	71.1%	★★★★☆
2021	62.7	424 of 1272	66.7%	★★★☆☆
2019	41.1	2972 of 5510	46.1%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.5	1883 of 2598	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	45.7	1556 of 2651	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	45.9	1543 of 2661	42.0%	★★☆☆☆
2022	55.5	1304 of 2726	52.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	19.9	2386 of 2834	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Middle school ranking

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	62.7	837 of 2761	69.7%	★★★☆☆
2024	78.6	514 of 2783	81.5%	★★★★☆
2023	63.0	816 of 2781	70.7%	★★★★☆
2022	59.2	914 of 2740	66.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	57.8	337 of 894	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	36.1	1572 of 2715	42.1%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	55.4	938 of 2533	63.0%	★★★☆☆
2019	34.5	1465 of 2380	38.4%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2019	33.6	1503 of 2407	37.6%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	36.9	967 of 1520	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2019	16.4	1364 of 1602	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Elementary school

Low Socio Economic Status (2021)79th percentile+10 vs school

Female (2025)60th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2023)54th percentile-13 vs school

Male (2025)48th percentile-12 vs school

White (2025)28th percentile-33 vs school

Middle school

Female (2025)63rd percentile-7 vs school

Male (2019)38th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)36th percentile-33 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy54%+6 vs state

Science42%+9 vs state

Mathematics39%~ state avg

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking ()				Ranking ()				CAST Science (2025)					Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)								Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)								% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	SchoolDigger Rating ()	Average Standard Score ()	Statewide Rank ()	State Percentile ()	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science 11th Grade	CAST Science 12th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 11th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Escalon Charter Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	1520 Yosemite Ave.	Escalon	95320	San Joaquin County	Escalon Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 838-3591	368	15	24.5	22.6%	234 (63.6%)	3 (0.8%)	110 (29.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	17 (4.6%)								(n/a)	37.1				41.7	56.0	47.4	42.9	50.0	66.7			54.4	52.0	36.8	40.0	28.6	44.4			38.5	65.0	70.0	82.5	67.5	67.5	70.0
Valley Oak Online Learning Academy	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	200 Hinkley Ave.	Oakdale	95361	Stanislaus County	Oakdale Joint Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(209) 847-3097	57	1	63.3	56.1%	30 (52.6%)	1 (1.8%)	24 (42.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.8%)								(n/a)			15.4		14.3							31.8	30.4							0.0	0.0							$11,694	$11,332	$362
California Online Public Schools Northern California	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	580 North Wilma Ave. Ste. G	Ripon	95366	San Joaquin County	California Online Public Schools Northern California Distri	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(800) 906-5166	1,507	67	22.6	51.0%	483 (32.1%)	167 (11.1%)	413 (27.4%)	143 (9.5%)	11 (0.7%)	7 (0.5%)	268 (17.8%)								(n/a)	20.3	32.9	35.7	42.9	33.5	37.0	37.1	31.3	31.8	44.3	37.4	51.1	41.3	42.0	27.1	23.4	24.7	36.3	26.6	35.2	31.7	54.7	60.5	77.9	61.6	59.3	61.6
Connecting Waters Charter School - Central Valley	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2300 East Briggsmore Ave.	Modesto	95386	Stanislaus County	Connecting Waters Charter School - Central Valley District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 874-1119	776	44	17.7	53.0%	380 (49.0%)	7 (0.9%)	258 (33.2%)	26 (3.4%)	3 (0.4%)	2 (0.3%)	100 (12.9%)								(n/a)	23.4	20.3	27.9		24.9	32.1	27.1	44.7	36.4	35.0	45.8	60.7	40.7	34.0	22.9	21.3	18.2	33.3	17.0	21.3	24.0	42.5	50.0	62.5	47.5	67.5	45.0	$23,284	$23,110	$174
Stanislaus County West Campus	Public, Alternative	K-12	2215 Blue Gum Ave.	Modesto	95350	Stanislaus County	Stanislaus County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 567-4739	56	6	9.9	94.6%	8 (14.3%)	9 (16.1%)	37 (66.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (3.6%)								(n/a)					0.0							0.0	0.0							0.0	0.0							$60,658	$56,122	$4,536
Hart-Ransom Charter	Public, Virtual, Charter, Alternative	K-12	3920 Shoemake Ave.	Modesto	95358	Stanislaus County	Hart-Ransom Union Elementary	Yes	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(209) 523-0401	0	16	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)	53.5	33.3	57.1	54.6	46.5	29.0	53.9	65.1	44.4	55.0	59.5	85.3	57.2	38.7	23.1	37.2	25.9	42.5	47.6	32.4	36.6	42.9	45.7	62.9	48.6	48.6	51.4
Stanislaus County Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	1336 Stonum Rd.	Modesto	95354	Stanislaus County	Stanislaus County Office of Education	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 541-2217	462	45	10.3	55.8%	118 (25.5%)	26 (5.6%)	255 (55.2%)	18 (3.9%)	6 (1.3%)	2 (0.4%)	37 (8.0%)								(n/a)					0.0	6.7			16.7				9.8	5.9			23.1	9.1			11.4
Ceres Special Education	Public, Alternative	K-12	2503 Lawrence St.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 556-1500	37	2	18.5	78.4%	6 (16.2%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (78.4%)	1 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.7%)								(n/a)
Endeavor Alternative	Public, Virtual, Alternative	K-12	2555 Lawrence St.	Ceres	95307	Stanislaus County	Ceres Unified	No	(n/a)	Yes	(n/a)	(209) 556-1805	98	5	19.6	95.9%	11 (11.2%)	0 (0.0%)	86 (87.8%)	1 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)			6.9		6.9							17.2	17.2							3.5	3.5							$27,066	$25,764	$1,302
Venture Academy	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	2829 Transworld Dr.	Stockton	95213	San Joaquin County	Venture Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(209) 468-5940	1,657	79	21.0	66.8%	189 (11.4%)	101 (6.1%)	1,201 (72.5%)	87 (5.3%)	2 (0.1%)	7 (0.4%)	70 (4.2%)								(n/a)	12.5	14.6	24.0	0.0	19.1	19.2	20.4	31.8	20.0	28.3	34.9	47.8	33.7	19.2	11.1	3.1	10.0	19.4	13.9	21.7	16.0

Frequently Asked Questions about Escalon Charter Academy

What district is Escalon Charter Academy in?

Escalon Charter Academy District

How many students attend Escalon Charter Academy?

In the 2024-25 school year, 368 students attended Escalon Charter Academy.

What is the racial makeup of Escalon Charter Academy?

Students at Escalon Charter Academy are 64% White, 30% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races.

Is Escalon Charter Academy a good school?

Escalon Charter Academy ranks 2338^th of 5857 California alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

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